Peanut Butter Cookie-Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp butter melted
• 32 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 4  eggs 
• 32  peanut butter sandwich cookies divided
• 1 cup sugar 
• 1 tsp vanilla 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• blender

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Chop 16 cookies; reserve for later use. Finely crush remaining cookies; place in medium bowl.
3. Add butter; mix well. Press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan.
4. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended.
5. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups of the chopped cookies; pour over crust.
6. Sprinkle with remaining chopped cookies.
7. Bake 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours.